14 DAY TRIAL // Benniffer may live to see another sunny day and do another red carpet. Now that Jennifer Lopez is getting a divorce from Marc Anthony, there are plans in motion to get her and ex-fiancé Ben Affleck together again, OK! Magazine claims in its latest print issue (story via here).
Word online has it that, shortly after Jennifer announced her divorce, her mother Guadalupe contacted Ben, whom she’d always liked, to see if she could get him to reach out to her to offer her a shoulder to cry on.
Not only that, but Guadalupe has also convinced her daughter that the best for her right now would be to get back with Ben, OK! claims.
Granted, he’s married and has a family with Jennifer Gardner, but it’s Lopez who he always loved, the mag says.
“They’re talking. They’ve spoken more than once,” an insider says. Which is to say, Lopez and Affleck are in contact again, presumably behind Garner’s back.
“[Guadalupe] is already trying to plant the seed in Jennifer’s brain that she should reach out to Ben as a friend,” another spy says of the plan Lopez’s mom has already set in motion.
“Guadalupe knows he’s married, and it’s not like she’s telling her daughter to have an affair. But she’s hoping that Ben and J.Lo, who have stayed in touch occasionally over the years, can be there for each other to help ease the pain of divorce,” claims the spy.
“Then, when that period passes, maybe they’ll be back together if he’s available again. And truth be told, I don’t think J.Lo hates the idea either…” the insider adds.
Ben too doesn’t seem quite averse to the idea either – otherwise, he wouldn’t have reached out to Jennifer so swiftly at her mother’s suggestion, OK! argues.
Add to that the fact that, as per reports, he and Garner have been having some issues in their marriage, and one can easily understand how OK! came up with the story for this new romantic triangle.